American Airlines is changing on March 31, 2021, the number of miles AAdvantage members earn on select fare classes with Alaska.
Alaska Airlines joins Oneworld Alliance on that date and is better aligning its fare class structure to its partners.
You can access AA’s page for Alaska here.
AAdvantage Alaska earnings until March 31, 2021:
AAdvantage Alaska earnings from March 31, 2021:
More fare classes earn 100% EQMs starting on March 31st compared to previously.
Conclusion
Not much change here, more like cleaning up the earnings for Alaska when they join the Oneworld.
Alaska and American Airlines are in the process of strengthening their West Coast-alliance that was announced last year. American has a similar arrangement with JetBlue for the East Coast.
